Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) on Wednesday revoked the licences of Bol News and Bol Entertainment after the Ministry of Interior denied security clearance to its top officials. The PEMRA has revoked the satellite TV licences of M/s Labbaik (Pvt) Ltd, namely Bol News and Bol Entertainment (Pak News), after the Interior Ministry regretted security clearance of the company's directors including Shoaib A Sheikh, Ayesha Shoaib Sheikh, Waqas Atiq and Sarwat Bashir.
The PEMRA took this decision in the light of the recommendations of the Council of Complaints Sindh. The Council had rendered its opinion after hearing the viewpoint of the Channel. According to a notification issued by the PEMRA, Bol News and Bol Entertainment (Pak News) have been ordered to surrender the original licences and clear all the outstanding dues. Instructions have been given to PakSat to immediately stop the transmission of Bol News and Bol Entertainment (Pak News) which are no more PEMRA's licensees. Through a separate order, all distribution networks and cable operators have also been directed to take these two channels off air with immediate effect.
Any violation of PEMRA's order would have legal consequences for the violators and PEMRA would act against the violators in accordance with the law, the notification further added. Sheikh along with other directors of the company was taken into custody on May 27, 2015 after investigators alleged by found hundreds of thousands of forged degrees and students ID cards from a secret office of the company in Karachi. In August last year, Sindh High Court had granted bail to Axact Chief Executive Officer Shoaib Sheikh.
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